Poverty led Colombian medallist to wrestling
August 11th, 2012 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Aug 11 (IANS/EFE) Colombian wrestler Jackeline Renteria, who at age 25 has won the second Olympic bronze medal of her career, in 1999 chose wrestling classes that were free ... Read more...
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Mexican remittances go up
August 2nd, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 2 (IANS/EFE) Mexicans living and working abroad sent home $11.85 billion in the first six months of the year, an increase of 6.2 percent from the same ... Read more...
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Mexican remittances rise
July 3rd, 2012 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 3 (IANS/EFE) Remittances from Mexicans living abroad climbed 7.8 percent in May compared with the same month in 2011, the central bank has said.Last month's total was ... Read more...
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Remittances to Mexico rise
May 3rd, 2012 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 3 (IANS/EFE) Remittances from Mexicans living abroad climbed 5.3 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2011, Mexico's central bank said Wednesday.Expats sent ... Read more...
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Six Chinese cricketers to train in England
April 2nd, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 2 (IANS) Six young and gifted cricketers from China will spend the summer here, working with British coaches to learn the tricks of the trade and to inspire ... Read more...
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Britain announces 60 new scholarships for Indians
March 28th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday announced 60 new "Jubilee Scholarships" to be awarded in India for one-year masters course in Britain, a statement said.Funded ... Read more...
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China to train key professionals abroad
January 28th, 2012 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 28 (IANS) To upgrade its human resources in key sectors, China is preparing to send a considerable number of professionals for overseas training at government expense by 2015.A ... Read more...
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Gomez gave first salary to pay rents
January 1st, 2012 - 8:33 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 1 (IANS) Singer-actress Selena Gomez admits she had handed over her first salary to her family to pay their living expenses.Gomez's family had moved from their native Texas ... Read more...
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China to create 2 mn jobs for social workers
November 10th, 2011 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 10 (IANS) China is stregthening its social sector by offering about two million job opportunities, having observed the declining number of social workers in the country.As part of ... Read more...
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Mother seeks mercy for son who stabbed her
November 1st, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 1 (IANS) A man in China has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for stabbing his mother nine times over a money row.
But the mother has sought ... Read more...
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Australia to relax visa norms to woo students
September 22nd, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Sep 22 (IANS) Worried by continuing slide in the international students' numbers, the Australian government has decided to relax visa norms further.The decision has coincided with former New South ... Read more...
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British parents’ biggest worry is child’s education cost
July 30th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) Parents in Britain are more worried about the rising cost of their children's education than the dangers of their getting affected by drugs and teenage pregnancy, ... Read more...
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China doubles train crash compensation
July 30th, 2011 - 5:23 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 30 (IANS) China has almost doubled the compensation to 915,000 yuan ($143,000) for the relatives of those killed in last week's devastating train crash.The compensation has been raised ... Read more...
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New Zealand PM arrives on four-day visit
June 27th, 2011 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister John Key arrived here Sunday night on a four-day visit during which he will hold talks with his Indian counterpart ... Read more...
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Deprived US youths win scholarship through basketball
June 26th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Miami, June 26 (IANS/EFE) An American organisation is helping underprivileged youths who play outstanding basketball attend university on sports scholarships.The Miami All Stars is a non-profit institution that promotes basketball ... Read more...
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China sets up database of orphans
March 27th, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 27 (IANS) China has launched a database that would have nationwide information about orphans to ensure welfare services to them.The database will help the administration ensure welfare services, ... Read more...
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Most lottery winners choose to save money than squander it
March 1st, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
"It's common for people to say that 'they are who they are' as an explanation for why they do not change more," said University of Gothenburg researcher Anna Hedenus.She surveyed 420 Swedish ... Read more...
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Lottery winners remain unchanged after windfall
March 1st, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 1 (IANS) We often hear about lottery winners who have squandered all their prize money, incurred debts and become lonely and unhappy. However, the bulk of winners claim to carry ... Read more...
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How Hou Yifan became world’s youngest ever women’s chess champion
January 30th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 30 (ANI): Hou Yifan, who has become the youngest ever women's world chess champion at the age of just 16, is a typical Chinese teenager who has worked almost unimaginably ... Read more...
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Australia to ease student visa norms (Lead, changing dateline)
December 17th, 2010 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
By Paritosh Parasher
Melbourne, Dec 16 (IANS) In a significant move, the Australian Immigration Department has conceded the Australian universities' demand to ease visa conditions for students from India and China.The amended ... Read more...
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Pakistanis who plotted attack on Indian mission released
November 16th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 16 (IANS) Bangladesh has handed over three Pakistanis, suspected of planning attacks on the Indian and the US missions here, to the Pakistan embassy, a media report said.Syed Abdul Kaiyum ... Read more...
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Murray’s lawyer fights wrongful death suit filed by MJ’s father
October 12th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 12 (ANI): Dr. Conrad Murray's lawyer is fighting a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the late King of Pop Michael Jackson's father, insisting the patriarch has no grounds to ... Read more...
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MJ supported dad Joe, claim new legal documents
October 6th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 06 (ANI): New legal documents have disclosed that Michael Jackson secretly supported his father Joe Jackson.In legal docs filed in Joe's wrongful death case against Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael's ... Read more...
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Canadian woman survives being cut in half to beat ‘untreatable’ bone cancer
September 23rd, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 23 (ANI): A mother of two in Canada has become the first person to survive being cut in half after she was diagnosed with an "untreatable" form of bone cancer.Janis ... Read more...
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Chinese billionaire says will donate all his wealth to charity
September 14th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Sept. 14 (ANI): Chinese billionaire Chen Guangbiao recently made an important decision. Rising from his bed, he sat and penned a letter, in which he promised to give his entire fortune ... Read more...
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Gibson ‘offers ex only 1pc of his monthly living expenses for child support’
August 21st, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
New York, August 21 (ANI): Mel Gibson apparently thinks his ex girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva deserves only 1 percent of his monthly living expenses for child support.During a court hearing to determine ... Read more...
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Court rejects Oz woman’s claim for $278k a month in divorce settlement
June 11th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 11 (ANI): An Australian woman's claim for 278,000 dollars a month in spousal maintenance from her ex-husband for herself and her only son, has been rejected by the Family Court.The ... Read more...
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Charlie Sheen & Brooke Mueller: Prenuptial Agreement & Divorce Papers
May 6th, 2010 - 8:34 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller have decided not to call it quits just yet. At least that is what they have released to the press. They have ... Read more...
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Charlie Sheen Shells Out Money To Maintain Marriage With Brooke Mueller
May 6th, 2010 - 7:02 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 6, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Charlie Sheen must shell out to wife, Brooke Mueller, a stipend of $US300, 000 every year they are wedded. This data is in keeping ... Read more...
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Graduate, employed Chinese ask parents for money
April 8th, 2010 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 8 (IANS) Nearly four out of 10 college-educated youths in China fail to make ends meet despite being employed and ask their parents to help them out, a study says.
Thirty-eight ... Read more...
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Four Mexican priests leave church over celibacy rule
January 8th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 8 (IANS/EFE) Four priests assigned to the archdiocese of the central Mexican state of Puebla have decided to leave the Catholic Church because they have girlfriends and children, a ... Read more...
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Australia bound? Learn plumbing, carpentry, not management
November 11th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 11 (IANS) Gone are the days when an MBA or a beautician's course in any Australian educational institution would have fetched a dream job for Indians. Now, technical ... Read more...
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Study in Cambridge on Dr. Manmohan Singh scholarships
November 3rd, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Offering an opportunity to poor Indian students to study in Cambridge University, Britain, the British Council has announced the Dr. Manmohan Singh scholarships for 2010-12.
Instituted in ... Read more...
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SGPC to fund 5 ‘true Sikhs’ to undertake research at Cambridge
September 3rd, 2009 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will sponsor five Sikhs to carry out research at the prestigious Cambridge University. However, the five will be required to maintain their ... Read more...
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Chinese triplets get admission in same college for same major!
July 17th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): A mother of triplets from Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, could not contain her excitement when she came to know that all three of her daughters got ... Read more...
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